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Domestic credit to the private sector, percent of GDP, 2020:

The average for 2020 based on 34 countries was 80.43 percent. The highest value was in Hong Kong: 258.95 percent and the lowest value was in Afghanistan: 3.07 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Domestic credit to the private sector, 2020 Global rank Available data
Hong Kong 258.95 1 1990 - 2020
Japan 192.78 2 1970 - 2020
China 182.87 3 1977 - 2020
South Korea 164.78 4 1960 - 2020
Thailand 160.4 5 2007 - 2020
Cambodia 139.6 6 1993 - 2020
Qatar 138.86 7 1970 - 2020
Malaysia 134 8 1960 - 2020
Singapore 130.64 9 1963 - 2020
Vietnam 116.66 10 1992 - 2020
Nepal 88.44 11 1960 - 2020
UA Emirates 88.41 12 2016 - 2020
Jordan 83.14 13 1965 - 2020
Georgia 79.88 14 2008 - 2020
Armenia 72.2 15 2009 - 2020
Bhutan 71.7 16 1983 - 2020
Israel 68.57 17 1960 - 2020
India 54.65 18 1960 - 2020
Maldives 52.93 19 2004 - 2020
Palestine 52.32 20 1998 - 2020
Philippines 52.04 21 1960 - 2020
Mongolia 45.79 22 1991 - 2020
Brunei 39.69 23 2006 - 2020
Bangladesh 39.16 24 1974 - 2020
Indonesia 38.69 25 2009 - 2020
Uzbekistan 35.69 26 2013 - 2020
Kyrgyzstan 28.29 27 1995 - 2020
Burma 27.73 28 1961 - 2020
Azerbaijan 26.03 29 2016 - 2020
Kazakhstan 25.64 30 2015 - 2020
Pakistan 15.04 31 1960 - 2020
Iraq 13.07 32 1960 - 2020
Tajikistan 13.03 33 2008 - 2020
Afghanistan 3.07 34 1960 - 2020


New - World map: Domestic credit to the private sector




Definition: Domestic credit to private sector refers to financial resources provided to the private sector, such as through loans, purchases of nonequity securities, and trade credits and other accounts receivable, that establish a claim for repayment. For some countries these claims include credit to public enterprises.

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